Well I was gonna get a SS hood & spoiler, but that deal kind of when down so I have some money to spend. I was deciding on getting these parts for my car to go along with what I have.

Current:
- SLP LM
- SLP lid and K&N filter

Mods planning to get:
- 3200 stall conv
- Mac headers w/ ORY

Reason for the MAC's is because I'm dropping the car with sportlines. Also is it possibly to weld in the stock CATS between the MAC's and ORY? I kind of need it to be somewhat street legal since this is a daily driver.

 

Forget about the stock cats. If you must use cats, get some RT bullet cats and weld them into the Mac ORY.

 

ttt

 

Madice I followed your cowl hood post, and was hoping you'd get it. At any rate, you should consider either cats or another cat-back when you put the headers on the car. Macs are track proven set of headers, so I think they are a cheap alternative to alot of the 1000 dollar headers out there. Mac sells a y-pipe with cats, but I'm not sure of how good they are. I've never considered spending money on putting cats on the car, only spending money to take them off <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> But that loudmouth will be loud! Its up to you how you choose to work this out.

The convertor will effectively make the car louder. With the stall allowing the car to rev higher from a stop you will hear the extra revs. I have an off road y-pipe and borla cat back on my car. I drive with the borla fully closed, but when and if it's open the car is miserable to drive around. It's just too loud to be cool when you are casually driving. With this you should take your new stall into consideration when picking your exhaust system.


The stall is a good move and you should add a tranny cooler as well. What are you considering, a vig 3200 (6 pump)?? This is a proven convertor and the only alternative that comes to mind is the yank st3500, which has been replaced by the yank ss3600. The vig 3200 will flash to atleast 3500, while the yank numbers relfect actual flash.
Oh yeah, there is the new tci series as well, which seem to have some nice (comparable) results.

Dont skimp on the tranny cooler, and think about purchasing drag radials <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

 

Mike Hoffpauir - Thanks for all the advice! I was like "damnit" once I read that the converter will also make it louder <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> . I actually don't mind a loud car... its the neighbors, and rest of the world that will mind <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> , and seeing that this is my only car, they would be hearing it a lot.

Their is this one guy selling me the MAC headers, ORY, and 3200 converter for $650 shipped. Mac's have been on for a yr and the converter for 3,000 miles. He doesn't know the brand of the converter, he just replaced it with a higher stall (3800).

My other option is to go with a NEW 3200 Vig lock-up from DCV and keep the stock headers & CATS to keep the car somewhat quiet and keep it street legal.

 

What color is this guys convertor?
red? pink? metal?